The Nigeria Police Force, actively addressing issues related to Nigerian Police and Human Trafficking, through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), has rescued 46 victims of trafficked from Ghana to Nigeria in addition to the arrest of seven Human trafficking suspects.
The arrests were made in a coordinated operation based on a message received from INTERPOL NCB Accra, which has successfully rescued thirty-one (31) victims who had been trafficked from Ghana to Nigeria under the pretense of securing employment opportunities in Europe.
Sting Operations
The police further revealed the operations were being carried out under the QNET network, a pyramid scheme where most people lose money while a few at the top benefit. Fraudsters posing as QNET agents are said to have lured people with fake job offers across Africa, sometimes tied to human trafficking or forced labor.
“In August 2024, one Samuel Dankwah Opoku, a Ghanaian national, was deceived by one George Tenkron, who falsely assured him of employment in Spain. Opoku was directed to travel to Nigeria, where he became ensnared in QNET’s fraudulent schemes.
“It was further uncovered that the victim had paid Thirty Thousand Ghanaian Cedis (GHC 30,000) to one Attah Amankwaah, a Ghanaian residing in Nigeria and a known member of the QNET network. This syndicate specializes in manipulating and confining individuals into exploitative online marketing scams under duress and false obligations.” The police statement read.
There was also the case of one Achiaa Grace Afrifa, a 39-year-old female suspect who fraudulently obtained the sum of 126,000 Ghanaian Cedis from four Ghanaian nationals under the guise of securing employment opportunities before she was arrested in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, leading to the rescue of 15 victims from her custody.
The seven suspects arrested in both operations are currently in police custody and will be arraigned in court upon the conclusion of ongoing investigations, with the police handing the victims over to the Ghanaian High Commission in Nigeria.
